Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”

Wash. Mut. Bank v. Superior Court of Orange Cty.

Holding that a choice of law provision may not be disregarded “merely because it may hinder the prosecution of multi-state or nationwide class action or [exclude] nonresident consumers from a California-based class action”

Nedlloyd Lines B.V. v. Superior Court

Holding that the phrase "governed by" in a choice of law clause compels the "logical conclusion" that the parties "intended that law to apply to all disputes arising out of the transaction or relationship"

Ellington Credit Fund, Ltd. v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.

Holding that trustees did not have any "monitoring or safeguarding duties beyond those explicitly provided in the PSA"

Burkhardt v. Bailey

Finding signatories to a contract are presumed to understand the import of the document and to have the "intention manifested by its terms"

City of San Jose v. Superior Court

Holding that government claims procedures are mandatory and failure to file the required claim means the action must be dismissed

Global Financial Corp. v. Triarc Corp.

Holding that where the alleged injury was "purely economic," the non-resident corporate Plaintiff's breach of contract claims accrued in the jurisdiction in which it sustained the economic impact of the alleged breach — either the state of incorporation or its principal place of business — rather than New York, thus requiring application of the borrowing statute

Duran v. U.S. Bank National Assn.

Finding a flaw in the "size of the sample group" and holding, in general, that "[t]he more diverse the population, the larger the sample must be in order to reflect the population accurately"

Ret. Bd. of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund v. Bank of N.Y. Mellon

Holding arguments raised in footnotes may be deemed waived

Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Superior Court

Holding evidence of exposure alone not enough to ground claim for medical monitoring

Section 337 - Contract, obligation or liability founded upon written instrument; book account; rescission of contract

Governing rescissions of written contracts

Section 1-52 - Three years

Applying a three-year statute of limitations to an action "[u]pon a contract, obligation or liability arising out of a contract, express or implied, except those mentioned in the preceding sections"

Section 16.004 - Four-Year Limitations Period

Stating that the statute of limitations for fraud claims is four years

Section 8106 - Actions subject to 3-year limitation

Specifying causes of action subject to 3-year statute of limitations as including "action to recover damages caused by an injury unaccompanied with force or resulting indirectly from the act of the defendant"

Section 516.120 - What actions within five years

Stating that "[a]ll actions upon contracts" shall be brought within five years

Section 202 - Cause of action accruing without the state

Limiting the limitations period for causes of action accruing outside of New York where the foreign jurisdiction imposes a shorter statute of limitations than the state does

Section 13-80-101 - General limitation of actions - three years

Stating that "[a]ll contract actions" must be commenced "within three years after the cause of action accrues, and not thereafter"

Section 60-511 - Actions limited to five years

Setting a five year statute of limitations for a breach of written contract action

Section 508:4 - Personal Actions

Establishing a three-year statute of limitations for all "personal actions"

Section 2725 - Statute of limitations in contracts for sale

Relating to statute of limitations in contract for sale

Rule 2.551 - Procedures for filing records under seal